Wines and U.S. Customs

[Innkeeper]

Glad everything worked out Hal. We have regularly advised folks around this board to declare every single bottle bought on their customs form including price, whether it is shipping containers, luggage, or carry on. The worst that can happen is that the wine in excess of 1 liter per person will be charged a small duty, a couple of dollars per bottle. We have never had a single person report back that they were charged these fees. There is good reason for this. It would most likely to cost more to process the paperwork than the duty they would collect. Of course we haven't heard of anybody coming back with more than a case or two.